The Seventh Jardines del Rey Fair, that came to a successful close this week, was devoted to the German market with a view to boost up travel from that European country and applaud tour operator TUI’s good outcomes in 2002.

This time around, the fair helped promote the destination and created all necessary conditions to turn the exhibit into a major yearend tradeshow and a way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Coco and Guillermo keys’ big break in the tourist realm.

Articulation agreements with Caribbean tertiary institutions are among matters to be discussed when the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) continues talks with the University of Central Florida Rosen School of Hospitality Management.

CTO’s secretary general, Jean Holder, began discussions with senior officials of where he was invited last month as a “distinguished visiting lecturer.”

Almost two dozen countries, huddled in Costa Rica this week for the Fair of Environmental Solutions, threw their support behind the host country’s proposal to integrate biodiversity management policies all across Latin America.

Planners of the event –organized by the Costa Rican Ministry of Energy and the Environment, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)- was thought up as an opportunity to share Costa Rica’s successful policy of sustainable development and preservation with the rest of the world.

Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Office is all set for a much gaudier and brighter New Year’s Eve celebration that could gather as many as 2.5 million people at Copacabana Beach, the city’s premiere playground for tourists.

For this new version of the party, that Brazilians have dubbed with the French word reveillion, the traditional fireworks display will last longer than in previous editions, said Ruben Medina, Tourism Secretary in Rio de Janeiro.

Trade ties between Cuba and Argentina will get a new shot in the arm this week with the opening in Buenos Aires of a seminar entitled Economic Outlook and Business Perspectives on the Caribbean Island of Cuba.

The Seventh Jardines del Rey Fair –scheduled for Dec. 12 to 14- will be devoted to the German market with a view to boost up travel from that European country and applaud tour operator TUI’s good outcomes in 2002.

This time around, the fair will help promote the destination by creating all necessary conditions to turn the exhibit into a major yearend tradeshow and a way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Coco and Guillermo keys’ big break in the tourist realm.